What Is the Family of Law?: The Influence of the Nuclear Family

by Alan Brown

Book Overview

This book argues that the legal understanding of 'family' in the UK continues to be underpinned by the idealised image of the 'nuclear family', premised upon the traditional, gendered roles of 'father as breadwinner' and 'mother as homemaker'. This examination of the law's model of the 'family' has been prompted by the substantial reforms that have taken place in family law in recent decades, and the significant evolution in social attitudes and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509945318
• ISBN13: 9781509945313
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"